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Take Desire Away archiveThe queer sensibility of A.E. Houseman in his own words. He would not stay for me; and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand and tore my heart in sunder And went with half my life about my ways. Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936), the English classical scholar and poet best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad, was the subject of Tom Stoppard's 1997 National Theatre play The Invention of Love, described at the time as "the most emotionally powerful and enthralling play of his career" (and this "from the bare bones of the dry life of A.E.Housman"). But the clues are there in the poetry - if you know where to look - and the letters tell another story altogether, often with humour.

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Mansel David

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Author: Mansel David
Presented by: Off the Page

Take Desire Away

Take Desire Away (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01635518820. Details of all Take Desire Away archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S015477529

Archive Listings

6 Oct 12Broadway Theatre
Outer London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive
6 Aug 12
  to
17 Aug 12
Etcetera Theatre
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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